Think the 1980 10,000 pic was tuff - try this one

Same picture?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hd4wuvEKsG4/TD8d8WkPYMI/AAAAAAAABXs/KGBLVf8_iwM/s1600/IMG_0001_NEW.jpg

Different pic, same race.

Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:

Same picture?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hd4wuvEKsG4/TD8d8WkPYMI/AAAAAAAABXs/KGBLVf8_iwM/s1600/IMG_0001_NEW.jpg

One of them is definitely a Kenyan

If that is Sage Canaday (from the numbers), then this makes a classless comment even worse. Rojo, if this is someone you coached, surely you can't condone this on your board?

Learn some class wrote:

If that is Sage Canaday (from the numbers), then this makes a classless comment even worse. Rojo, if this is someone you coached, surely you can't condone this on your board?

It was a mildly funny troll. More amusing is that 2:16 wouldn't get you into the first several rows of that picture.

Learn some class wrote:

If that is Sage Canaday (from the numbers), then this makes a classless comment even worse. Rojo, if this is someone you coached, surely you can't condone this on your board?

Those are not even close to Sage Canaday's times.

Plus it was a blatant troll. You must be a counter-troll.

If you newbies haven't run Falmouth, make sure you run it on your bucket list.

I ran it as recently as 2004, and if you took that same picture from the 1978 Falmouth, it would be just as impressive, except there are even more elite level Africans up front.

I lined up next to the likes of Khalid Khannouchi and Ryan Shay, but you could've run a solid pace (sub-5:00) at the race and still been in the 20+ posisitions.

2004 Falmouth Road Race

Bib # Name Age Gender City State Time M/F Finish

Place Age Group

Finish Overall

Finish

5 Gilbert Okari 26 M Kenya 00:31:08 1 1 1

3 Robert Cheruiyot 25 M Kenya 00:31:37 2 2 2

1 John Korir 28 M Kenya 00:31:43 3 3 3

6 Linus Maiyo 21 M Kenya 00:31:48 4 4 4

16 Luke Kipkosgei 29 M Kenya 00:31:56 5 5 5

19 Ben Maiyo 25 M Kenya 00:31:59 6 6 6

4 Wilson Kigen Kipkemboi 24 M Kenya 00:32:17 7 7 7

8 Wilson Kiportich Kebenei 24 M Kenya 00:32:20 8 8 8

2 Khalid Khannouchi 33 M Ossining NY 00:32:26 9 9 9

17 Thomas Kiplitan 21 M Kenya 00:32:38 10 10 10

32 Matt Lane 26 M Portland ME 00:32:38 11 11 11

11 Chris Graff 28 M Palo Alto CA 00:33:02 12 12 12

103 Jackson Kipng'ok 43 M Kenya 00:33:11 13 1 13

20 Adam Tenforde 24 M Richland WA 00:33:12 14 13 14

26 Matt Gabrielson 26 M Belmond IA 00:33:12 15 14 15

7 John Itati 30 M Kenya 00:33:18 16 15 16

10 Nick Rogers 29 M Eugene OR 00:33:20 17 16 17

18 Dave Davis 25 M Portland OR 00:33:25 18 17 18

30 Luke Watson 23 M Minneapolis MN 00:33:31 19 18 19

22 Chad Johnson 28 M Portland OR 00:33:40 20 19 20

9 Tekeste Kebede 25 M Ethiopia 00:33:42 21 20 21

25 Matt Downin 27 M Madison WI 00:33:44 22 21 22

27 Keith Dowling 35 M Reston VA 00:33:50 23 22 23

12 Nelson Kiplagat 24 M Kenya 00:33:50 24 23 24

15 Clint Wells 29 M Superior CO 00:34:15 25 24 25

23 Edwardo Torres 23 M Boulder CO 00:34:22 26 25 26

105 Abrahim Limo 43 M Kenya 00:34:31 27 2 27

85 John Mortimer III 28 M Chestnut Hill MA 00:34:33 28 26 28

106 Salvatore Bettiol 42 M Italy 00:34:41 29 3 29

445 Marzuki Stevens 30 M Somerville MA 00:34:46 30 27 30

458 Ross Martinson 26 M Bryn Mawr PA 00:34:58 31 28 31

13 Ryan Shay 25 M East Jordan MI 00:35:08 32 29 32

104 Andrew Masai 44 M Kenya 00:35:20 33 4 33

29 Jeff Campbell 33 M Arden NC 00:35:22 34 30 34

54 Sean Mick 28 M Pitman NJ 00:35:23 35 31 35

207 Gabriel Rodriguez 26 M Webster TX 00:35:49 36 32 36

28 Erik Nedeau 32 M Belchertown MA 00:36:03 37 33 37

42 James Thie 26 M Wales 00:36:05 38 34 38

222 Mike Maceiko 29 M Worcester MA 00:36:08 39 35 39

98 Christopher MaGill 31 M Albion RI 00:36:08 40 36 40

F2 Alevtina Ivanova 29 F Russia 00:36:13 1 1 41

F13 Kate O�Neill 24 F New Haven CT 00:36:26 2 2 42

41 Joseph Shairs 36 M Peabody MA 00:36:37 41 37 43

F6 Elva Dryer 32 F Albequerque NM 00:36:43 3 3 44

F4 Tatyana Petrova 21 F Russia 00:36:49 4 4 45

435 Chris Chisolm 42 M Farmington CT 00:36:59 42 5 46

336 Philip DeSimone 40 M Dedham MA 00:37:12 43 6 47

50 James Sullivan 21 M Sterling MA 00:37:15 43 38 47

108 Gary Romesser 53 M Indianapolis IN 00:37:17 44 1 48

F16 Laura O'Neill 24 F New Haven CT 00:37:31 5 5 49

58 Jason Eddy 24 M Randolph MA 00:37:34 45 39 50

436 Dave Welsh 27 M Somerville MA 00:37:53 46 40 51

441 Kit Wells 28 M Roxbury MA 00:37:54 47 41 52

F10 Nicole Aish 28 F Denver CO 00:37:56 6 6 53

F7 Tatyana Chulakh 22 F Russia 00:38:11 7 7 54

90 Scott Winnier 37 M St. Petersburg FL 00:38:16 48 42 55

392 Joseph Navas 33 M North Eastham MA 00:38:21 49 43 56

73 Bill Baldwin 32 M Brevard NC 00:38:22 50 44 57

75 Kent Lemme 37 M Williamstown MA 00:38:27 51 45 58

110 Kenneth Gartner 44 M Falmouth MA 00:38:31 52 6 59

I remember paying $5 to run Peachtree in 1977...that included the late fee...38:44 my first time..368th place...

This guy, who was almost 4 minutes back in 2004, ran 8:52(?) school record steeple in D3 at Williams and later ran 2:20:11 at Boston:

445 Marzuki Stevens 30 M Somerville MA 00:34:46 30 27 30

But there's no doubt that just about everyone who ran back in the late 70s ran hard and high mileage and there was a lot more high quality depth in road races among Americans at that time.